WOODY ALLEN
In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn childhood and his stint as a writer for the Sid Caesar variety show in the early days of television, working alongside comedy greats, Allen tells of his difficult early days doing standup before he achieved recognition and success. With his unique storytelling pizzazz, he recounts his departure into moviemaking, with such slapstick comedies as u003ciu003eTake the Money and Runu003c/iu003e, and revisits his entire, sixty-year-long, and enormously productive career as a writer and director, from his classics u003ciu003eAnnie Hall,u003c/iu003e u003ciu003eManhattan, u003c/iu003eand u003ciu003eAnnie and Her Sisters u003c/iu003eto his most recent films, including u003ciu003eMidnight in Parisu003c/iu003e. Along the way, he discusses his marriages, his romances and famous friendships, his jazz playing, and his books and plays. We learn about his demons, his mistakes, his successes, and those he loved, worked with, and learned from in equal measure.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e This is a hugely entertaining, deeply honest, rich and brilliant self-portrait of a celebrated artist who is ranked among the greatest filmmakers of our time. u003cbru003e
